NBA2K claims Suns have one of the best players in league at this crucial skill

We have reached the loneliest stretch of the NBA's offseason, one in which every bit of what scarce news out there is taken and consumed for days. The Phoenix Suns are no exception - and after a flurry of roster moves this offseason - all is going to be quiet in The Valley unless the front office can somehow manage to swing a trade for Jonathan Kuminga.

Which is why NBA 2K slowly reveal their rankings for the latest instalment of the game at this point in the summer, because it is rightly going to get a lot of attention. Given that this was a 36 win team last season - outside of superstar Devin Booker - you would think there wouldn't be much Suns activity as 2K releases their top 10 players in various categories online. You would be wrong.

2K still believes Grayson Allen is an elite 3-point shooter.

Throughout his two seasons in The Valley so far, swingman Grayson Allen has been one of the harder players to peg for this group. His first season he led the league in 3-point shooting percentage - which 2K clearly hasn't forgotten - at 46.1 percent, and was the team's third best player at a time when they had Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.

The sequel wasn't nearly as impressive, but the selflessness of Allen may have played a part in that. He was also limited to just 64 games through injury, but it was willingly giving up his starting spot so the Suns could have an actual point guard with their starting group in Tyus Jones that appeared to throw him into a funk.

The previous season - when Allen couldn't miss - he started all but one of the 75 games he played. Last year, that number tumbled all the way to seven. Which is likely both why Allen was rumored to be part of a Suns' package for Jonathan Kuminga, and also why the Golden State Warriors rejected those advances.

Allen can be exactly what a contender needs to spread the court, but the situation has to be just right or else he is going to struggle. We have seen both of these things be true during his time with Phoenix. But as the above rating clearly demonstrates, the game's developer continues to rate Allen as one of the best 3-point shooters in the league.

That is not real life of course, but we've seen enough to know he can knock down all manner of attempts from deep when given the opportunity. It is also interesting that the Suns - for all of their faults last season - finished third in 3-point percentage (37.8 percent). For all of the talk of Allen's regression, the 42.6 percent he managed was the second highest mark of his own career.

Clearly then there is a reason to keep him around next season - and with the Suns now below both aprons - there is less of a financial incentive to ditch him. Obviously he's available at the right price - and the Suns may not want to sign him to a new deal once this current one ends in 2028 assuming he picks up his player option - but there's a valid reason 2K still rates his shooting ability.